Hurstbridge railway station

Hurstbridge railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Hurstbridge line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hurstbridge, and opened on 25 June 1912 as Hurst's Bridge. It was renamed Hurstbridge on 9 December 1912.[2]

Hurstbridge
PTV commuter rail station
Northbound view in November 2015. A derailed X'Trapolis train is visible in the distance.
General information
LocationHeidelberg-Kinglake Road,
Hurstbridge, Victoria 3099
Shire of Nillumbik
Australia
Coordinates37°38′21″S 145°11′32″E
Owned byVicTrack
Operated byMetro Trains
Line(s)Hurstbridge
Distance38.02 kilometres from Southern Cross
Platforms1
Tracks1
ConnectionsBus
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking195
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusOperational, Premium Station
Station codeHBE
Fare zoneMyki Zone 2
WebsitePublic Transport Victoria
History
Opened25 June 1912 (1912-06-25)
Electrified1500 V DC overhead
(August 1926)
Previous namesHurst's Bridge (1912)
Passengers
Year5,168 Weekly (2011-2012) (0.251 Million (251,000))
[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro Trains Following station
Wattleglen
towards Flinders Street
 Hurstbridge line Terminus

Accidents and incidents

On 16 February 1973, Tait trailer carriage 202T was destroyed by a fire while stabled in No. 1 road.[3]

On 9 April 1983, Comeng motor carriage 315M and Tait motor carriage 472M were destroyed by a fire whilst at the station. Both cars were later scrapped.[4]

Shortly before 2:00 a.m. on 11 November 2015, X'Trapolis train 927M-1664T-928M derailed, following an unauthorised movement from the yard, resulting in collisions with various items of infrastructure and another train.[5] On 1 June 2016, a former Metro Trains worker pleaded guilty to causing the incident, along with lighting two fires at Newport Workshops in 2015, which damaged or destroyed heritage train carriages, including a historical Swing Door EMU.[6]

Platforms and services

Hurstbridge has one platform. It is served by Hurstbridge line trains.[7]

Platform 1:

Panorama Coaches operates one route to and from Hurstbridge station, under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

  •  343 : to Greensborough station[8]
  • Northbound view in November 2008

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Hurstbridge Vicsig
  3. "Delays, Etc". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. April 1973. p. 76.
  4. "Photos of 315M". vicsig.net. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. "VICSIG". vicsig.net. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  6. ""Metro Employee Found Guilty" 1-6-16". youtube.com. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  7. "Hurstbridge Line". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. "343 Hurstbridge - Greensborough via Diamond Creek Station". Public Transport Victoria.
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